Sunken drawer pull or handle.



0. M. OTTE.

DRAWER PULL OR HANDLE.

SUNKEN FEB-8,1911. v

APPUCATION HLED Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

{TED Swa Dames resents;

To allfwiwm it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, O'rrro 01123,}. citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Jamestown. in the county of C autauqua and State of New ork have invented cer- :-t,a-in new and useful- I nprovements, in Sunken Drawer Pulls or Handles,- of which :the following, taken in connectionwiththe accompanyingdrawings, is aspecifi'catio'n.

The invention relates to handles-for drawer'gdoOrs-and similardevioesg and theobject of the improvement isgto-{provide a sunken the drawer or door thereby being putof the Way and permitting theclosiirefiofdoors or curtains over the same. without liability of removal by articles striking the knob; and the invention consists in thenoviel features and combinationshereinafter set forth "and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation portion of the sunken pull or handle as applied to the front of a dooror drawer, the front being broken away around the sunken portion. Fig. 2 is a sectional view at Fig. 1 showingthe construc tion and arrangement of the knob and of the front with the means for holding. the knob in said sunken portion without perforating said front and flush with the outer surface of the sheetmetal front. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the screw and attaching plate for the same for attachment in the bottom of the sunken portion Without perforating the front; and Fig. 4 shows plan and edgewise views of the attaching plate with the bent up portion of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a modification of the screw for attaching the knob in the sunken portion as formed from a flat tapered strip; and Fig. 6 is a. similar view of the sheet metal sunken portion of the front in section showing the modified form of the screw attached therein; and Fig.

shows a sectional view of the modified form ofthe screw with the knob attached thereon in the sunken portion of the front.

ig. 8 is a plan view of the knob with the hole therein form of the screw. Fig. 9

for the preferred is a plan view of i the resil ent or leather washer which aids in hold ng the knob in place.

Like characters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

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sunken portion 11 the underside of the Pateatea e e, 1918.

Application-filed retiuar $191 7. serial-N 147 472.

" The numeral "16' dsigimtes the drawer for m front as shaped from the sheet metal with the sunken portionll depressed'tlierein by means of'a suitable die to a su'flicient olepthv and breadth to per mit an easy hand grip, on thefknob 12,

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which isa-ttached within-the central portion of the depressed or to thereby bring the outer surface of the knob 12; substantially flush or belowthe outer. surface ofthe front 10.

he knob l2 mjay be of metal or wood 'o'r e1;

aha; u aae s b nce and at. at a d; o front 10 at the bottom of the suiikn pertion; 11- without- ;perferating saidf; I front 10, to thereby eave-intranet side bf and front srhootdbymeahsdf a screw 1 3Wliich e firmly. held}in .;the uptight position yvlith jy means ofthe split plate 14. The split plate 14 is spot welded,- prefe'rably at 15 and--16 to leave part 21. free, to. the front 10 within the sunken portion 11. the screw 13 having first been .placed within the hole 17 so that the plate 14 binds upon the head 18 of the screw binding it firmly to the ,front 10 without perforating said front.

In order to a clamp the head 18 more firmly invposition so that it will not turn, a lug 19 maybe provided on the head 18, one side of the plate 14 having been split at 20 and the lug 19 entering said out or split. The head 18 is further bound and the knob 12 is tensionally held by the wing 21 of the plate 14 being bent upward so that when the knob 12 is turned against the split plate 14 on the screw 13 the outwardly turned point or wing 21 binds firmly against the flat portion 22 of the knob thereby pressing the resilient wing 21 down onto the head 18 and binding it more firmly in position and also giving tension to the holding of the knob 12.

tachment holds the knob 12 firmlv in positlon upon the screw 13 and also the head 18 h1s simple method of at- 'therein, one 51 for attachment by spot welding to the sheet metal front at the bottom of the sunken portion 11, after which a woo'denknob 26 can be quickly and easily turned onto the same thereby attaining the purpose in a simple and convenient manner front. A resilient packing may be used beneath the knob 26 to aid in holding the same;

I claim as new 1. In combination- With a sheet metal sunken portion therein, a in said sunkenflportion with threaded end outward by a plate welded to front having a said front in said sunken portion around said screw, said plate having a cleavage e of said plate adjacent said cleavage turned-upward slightly to form a tensional spring, and a knob turned onto said screw and engaged with said te'nsional spring, e 2. n combination with a metal' front thin continuous imperscrew, a knob. Se-

and relatlvely thin having a relatively forate depressed ,part, cured to the screw,

I means spot welded'tothe sunken face of Copies of this patent may. be obtained forfive cents each, I 4 -Was,hingtbn,D.0--

I v at low cost and without perforation of the sheet metal tensioning the the depressed part to secure the screw to the outer face of said depressed part so as to leave the inner face of the depressed part smooth and uninterrupted throughout.

3. In combination with a metal front, a screw having the outer face of its head abutting the outer face of the front, a knob, means interposed between the knoband front and rigidly secured to the latter for securing the screw rigidly to the front and means borne by said first named means for knob to screw. 1

l. In combination with screw having the outer face of its head seated against the outer face of said front, a plate perforated'to receive the screw an rigidly secured to the outer face of the front to hold the screw head thereagainst, a knob engaged over the screw, and means on the plate to tension the knob.

- In testimony whereof I have afliked my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I OTHO M. OTTE.- -Witnesse's:

H. A. SANDBERG,

I; E. Nonosrnombyaddressing the Gommissioner of Patents.

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